Design Research

The Design research group is focused on discovering new, innovative user experiences for designers. We design, test and iteratively refine new user experience concepts for cloud and mobile applications by deeply understanding our users’ unique needs and behaviors. Generally taking the form of interactive prototypes and simulations, our research incorporates aspects of ethnography, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, usability, and other design and user research related domains.

The Design research group is focused on discovering new, innovative user experiences for designers. We design, test and iteratively refine new user experience concepts for cloud and mobile applications by deeply understanding our users’ unique needs and behaviors. Generally taking the form of interactive prototypes and simulations, our research incorporates aspects of ethnography, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, usability, and other design and user research related domains.

Our goal is to create and refine innovative cloud and mobile experiences which are easily used by consumers, while still scaling up to the demands of our professional design and engineering customers. We employ iterative design methods and a pragmatic focus to contribute research company-wide, which helps to productize new capabilities into the existing Autodesk portfolio as well as future products and services.

The Design Research Group develops and executes design strategies that accelerate the adoption of IP into Autodesk products. One of our most valuable strategies is observing and iterating with our customers. We take emerging technology out to customers and test drive it with them. We are able to develop unique, proprietary insights, design for unmet needs and help them envision the future with Autodesk as a trusted partner. Current areas of interest include advances in multitouch and gestural interfaces, leveraging the cloud to facilitate design “optioneering”, and rapid application delivery into mobile environments.